Grade 4 · English Language Arts · Unit 9 of 12
Point of View
Who is telling the story?
What your child practises
Telling first-person stories (I, me, we) from third-person stories (he, she, they), finding pronoun clues, and noticing when dialogue uses “I” in a third-person story.
Nova Scotia Curriculum learning outcome: B3 · who is telling the story and how it changes the story
Sample questions
A taste of this unit. In the app, questions change every time and get easier or harder to match your child.
Question 1
Which sentence is written in first person?
- We cheered when our team scored a goal.
- You cheered when your team scored a goal.
- They cheered when their team scored a goal.
We cheered when our team scored a goal.
Hint: The narrator uses I, me, my or we and is a character in the story. That's first person.
Question 2
Which sentence is written in first person?
- You built a snow fort in your backyard.
- We built a snow fort in our backyard.
- Kenji and Zoe built a snow fort in their backyard.
We built a snow fort in our backyard.
Hint: The narrator uses I, me, my or we and is a character in the story. That's first person.
Question 3
This passage is told in first person. Which word is a clue?
Grandma told me about the farm where she grew up.
I loved hearing about her goats, especially the one that nibbled her hat.
- his
- me
- they
- she
me
Hint: First-person clue words are I, me, my, we and our. They show the narrator is in the story.
Question 4
A news story about a soccer game is usually written from which point of view?
- first person
- third person
- second person
third person
Hint: A news reporter tells about what other people did, using names and he, she or they.
Question 5
From which point of view is this passage told?
Our class planted a maple tree last spring.
I got to pat down the soil around its roots.
Now I check on it every morning.
- second person
- third person
- first person
first person
Hint: The narrator uses I, me, my or we and is a character in the story. That's first person.
Question 6
From which point of view is this passage told?
Ravi's stomach fluttered as he stepped onto the stage.
He took a deep breath and began to sing.
When the song ended, the audience clapped, and he grinned.
- third person
- second person
- first person
third person
Hint: The narrator uses names and he, she, it or they and is not part of the story. That's third person.